Year
2017
Population
28569441
Population, Rural
64.55
Population, Female
50.99
Working age population
52.97
Working age population, Male
7337015
Working age population, Female
7796385
Age dependency ratio
88.78
Employment in Agriculture
71.54
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
609.67
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
2.64
GDP at current market prices
13264.64
Inflation rate
15.11
Growth in broad money supply
12.67
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
148.11
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-18.19
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-3.26
Remittances (% of GDP)
1.95
Gross enrolment ratio
80.57
Gross enrolment ratio, Male
84.03
Gross enrolment ratio, Female
77.12
Adult literacy rate
60.66
Adult literacy rate, Adult Female
50.3
Adult literacy rate, Adult Male
72.6
Adequacy of Digital skills in population
2.95
Access to electricity
24.3
Access to electricity, Urban
60.5
Access to electricity, Rural
4.4
ID Ownership
58.19548
ID Ownership, Urban
86.17198
ID Ownership, Rural
54.68943
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0
Mobile phone ownership
33.82
ATMs per 100,000 adults
11.00
ATMs
1745
Handset affordability
16.08
Mobile connectivity index
32.39
Network coverage
32.4
Mobile Data Affordability
25.76
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
41.45
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Account ownership
42%
Account ownership, Female
33%
Account ownership, Male
51%
Account ownership, Youth
45%
Ownership of debit/credit card
23%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
18%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
28%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
24%
Inactive account
5%
Inactive account, Female
5%
Inactive account, Male
6%
Inactive account, Youth
6%
Mobile money account
21.87
Mobile money account, Female
17.1
Mobile money account, Male
26.96
Mobile money account, Youth
26.14
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
15911.47
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
17.56
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
34.11
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
26.85
Made or received a digital payment, Male
41.86
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
35.59
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
7.63
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
6.44
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
8.89
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
9.1
Received government payments: into an account
7.85
Received government payments: to a card
0.67
Received government payments: in cash only
6.02
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
6.47
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
2.13
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
1.7
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
9.99
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
18.54
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
73.55
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
10.59
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
23.5
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
53.84
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
0
Broad money (current LCU)
385 846 029 448
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
171
Population ages 15 and above, female
8 231 755
Population ages 15 and above, male
7 635 679
Population ages 15 and above, total
15 867 432
Population, female (primary + secondary)
5498147
Population, male
14 002 439
Population, male (primary + secondary)
5498508
Population, youth (15-24)
5752064
Urban population
10 129 295